Background: Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency; delayed diagnosis may increase morbidity, whereas diagnostic uncertainty may lead to unnecessary appendectomy. The Modified Alvarado Score (MAS) is widely used, but its performance may be limited in equivocal cases. S...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i81407
Background: Port Harcourt’s creek systems support fisheries while receiving domestic sewage, industrial effluent, and petroleum-related waste. Lead, chromium, and cadmium are persistent contaminants that can accumulate in fish tissues and create ecological and dietary concerns. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i71399
Background: The prevalence of different types of gastric polyps varies by geographical location and predisposing factors, such as Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection and autoimmune gastritis. The incidence of fundic gland polyps has significantly increased with the widesprea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i31366
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are a significant global health burden, with rising incidence and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Despite this trend, there is a paucity of region-specific data in many parts of Nigeria, particularly on extra-hepatobiliary GI malignanc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i71264
Aims: Studies were carried out to determine the prevalence, intensity, economic loss and histopathological effects of fascioliasis in cattle slaughtered in Ikot Eneobong abattoir, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. Study Design: The study involved Post-Mortem examination of 384...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i530218
Aims of the Study: To isolate and identify the bacteria associated with mastitis and study the pathology of udder tissue. Study Design: Out of 353 culled she-camels (from Tumbool abattoir), 105 (29, 7%) sections of udders (including 31 milk samples) showing mastitis lesions were...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25966
Aims: The histopathological effects of Profenofos, and Chlorpyrifos, as synthetic organophosphorus pesticides, on the liver, kidney, brain and spleen tissues in mice (Mus musculus) were determined by light microscopy. Recently the toxic effects of pesticides have been of public i...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4924